Grandma Is 'Old Fashioned'

When my 6-year-old grandchild misbehaved on a visit to my visit to my house, his mother said he'd have to have "time out" in a corner.

He quickly replied, "Grandma's house doesn't have corners."

From that moment I knew Jimmy wanted an old-fashioned grandma - not the modern one I had become, not one who offers carrots and broccoli for snacks, or tell stories that educate or inform, or looks up scientific facts about meteors, or views his behavior as psychological problems.

Instead, I'll keep a cookie jar full; I'll tell stories about his parents; I'll tell him about streetcars and trains.

I'll make popcorn in a big pan and brownies with real chocolate instead of carob powder.